Scoring or counting apparatus.



No. 891,732. PATENTED JUNE 28, 1908. L. A. RABINOWITSCH. SCORING OR'CGUNTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED S}E`|1"I'.26,1906

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No'. 891,732. PATBNTED JUNE 23, 1908.

L. A. RABINoWITscH. SCORING.` 0R GOUNTING APPARATUS. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1906.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

SCORING OR COUNTING APPARATUS.

Application filed September 26, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LAZAR ALEXANDRO- wirsoH RABINowIrsoH, engineer, a citizen of Russia, residing at Vienna, in the Province of Lower Austria and Empire of Austria- Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scoring or Counting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for checking receipts and delivering coins or the like which is especially adapted for use in restaurants and the like where a system of counters is employed in reckoning payments.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts as hereafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings and pointed out in the ap ended claim.

n the accompanying drawings z-Figure l is an elevation of the apparatus; Fig. 2 a vertical section on the line AMB; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line O-D.

As shown, the apparatus comprises a number of chutes a, a, a2, etc., which, if the decimal system is adoptedl are each provided with nine counter receptacles b, b2, b3, b9. The chutes or the edge or partition walls c thereof, are so arranged that they lead all the counters d to a casing g closed by a glass pane f in which the counters appear grouped in the order of the figures whichv indicate the item in question. Each chute may correspond to a decade of figures, that is the chute a2 may represent units, the chute a tens, the chute a hundreds and so on.

The casing g is provided with a flap or trap g which catches the counters, affording a control of the value of counters withdrawn. The casing g is mounted on a v rotatable spindle h by turning which it can be brought over different receptacles t'. From said casing-g the counters pass into the tills i from which they can be removed and counted, provision being made for the fact that the counters from the various tills may or will have different values.

The counters are ejected from the receptacles l), b etc. by means of slides 7c operated by keys m to levers m m2 which at each ac'- tuation force a counter through a slot fnl in the receptacle b corresponding to the key fm being de ressed.

In or er that a counter coming from a higher position may not be impeded in its movement by the openings of the passages Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 28, 1908.

Serial No. 336,268. f

llying beneath and will not receive any impulse towards rotation, the guiding face o of the chute is disposed lower than that p of the assage o enings, so that the counter ejecte by the s ide must fall on this undermost face where it meets with no im edance, and can therefore slide downwar ly readily and securely (Fig. 3).

On the upper side of the chute in the middle thereof is a small tongue s arranged in such position that the upper edge of the counter will engage or bear against the tongue and thereby be caused to assume an inclined position to thus insure the counter falling out of the opening of the passage into the chute, on the guiding face of which the counter then slides down, which is effected more securely by inclining the supporting face at that part where the lower part of the counter is supported.

In order to prevent the counters from turning round in the chute and so to enable the reading of the numerals or figures on the counters I may use elongated counters d which during their movement, that is while they are being moved out of the counter receptacle and while they are sliding down the chute maintain the numeral in upright position. The above described arrangement of the guiding face of the passage enables at the same time the simultaneous delivery of several counters or coins (if the apparatus is to be used as a pay out apparatus) through a single passage while a sli ht difference in the diameter of the coins Wil not hinder the operation of the ap aratus. Moreover several coins can be deli same chute, the actuation of the slides being effected preferably successively from the bottom upwards.

The column of counters d is caused to slide down by a roller weight g which may be connected by means of a tension member q with an indicator r which is actuated when only a few counters are left in the receptacle.

Instead of the grou ing in decades for each till any other multip e system may be em ployed, for instance multiples of the unit dered or su plied as in restaurants or cafs.

What I c aim is z l. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a plurality of chutes, a plurality of counter receptacles opening into each of said chutes, a common,

ered simultaneously through one and thev value of some article that is frequently or-` casing into Which said chutes open, a transparent lace to said casing and means lier ejecting the counters one at a time 'from the counter receptacles,

2. In an apparatus elE the character described, the combination olz a plurality ol chutes, a plurality ol" counter' receptacles opening into each of said chutes, a common casing into Which said. chutes open, a transparent lace to said casing and means lor ejecting the counters one at a time from the counter receptacles, and means l'or impelling `forward the column o'l" counters in each receptacle a'lter a counter has been ejected 'from the latter.

3. In an apparatus olz the character described, the combination oll a pluralityY o'lE chutes, a plurality of counter receptacles opening into each olt said chutes, a common casing into which said chutes open, a transparent -face to said casing and means lor ejecting the counters one at a time from the counter receptacles comprising a slide arranged at the discharge opening elt each counter receptacle7 a key adapted to be operated by handI and connections intermediate the key and slide.

Ll. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination of a plurality o'l.I chutes, a plurality of counter receptacles l opening into each of said chutes, a common l casing into Which said chutes open7 a translparent l'ace to said casing and rneans l'or I ejecting the counters one at a time `l`ro1n the j counter receptacles and tongues .s arranged l within each chute adjacent the discharge oril 'lices of the counter receptacles and adapted l to engage the upper edge elz each counter bej ing ejected and cause the latter to tilt as sel lorth. l 5. ln an apparatus el the character described, the con'ibination of upwardly injclined counter recetacles7 inclined chutes yinto which a plurality ol' said receptacles openJ and a casing into which said. chutes open7 the discharge openings ol: each receptacle above projecting laterally relatively lo the receptacle below and. the guiding 'lace ol each chute being disposed lower than the gui( l ing liaces ol the counter receptaclesy hereby 1 a counter passing through the discharge opening of' a higher yreceptacle will not brush past the openings el" the receptacles beneath.

ln testimony whereol l have allixed Inj' signature in presence ol two witnesses.

LZAH lillXANDlllMVl'lSUll ltllllNdlVl'l'Cll. lfitiiesses:

VILHELM JERGER, ALVEs'ro S. HoGUn. 

